Publication Ethics

ETEDU: Elementary of Teacher Education is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against any publication malpractices. All authors submitting to this journal must adhere to the following ethical guidelines.

  1. Duties of Authors
  • Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that their work is entirely original and properly cites or quotes the work and words of others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
  • Data Integrity: Authors must present an accurate account of the research performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior.
  • Multiple Submissions: Authors should not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently is unethical and unacceptable.
  • Acknowledgment of Sources: Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have influenced their research.
  • Authorship of the Paper: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.
  • Fundamental Errors in Published Works: When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.
  1. Duties of Editors
  • Fair Play: An editor must evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
  • Confidentiality: The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
  • Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’s own research without the express written consent of the author.
  • Publication Decisions: The editor is responsible for deciding which of the manuscripts submitted to the journal should be published. The editor may be guided by the policies of the journal’s editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.
  • Peer Review: The editor must ensure that the peer review process is fair, unbiased, and timely. The editor should select reviewers who have suitable expertise in the relevant field and follow best practices to avoid conflicts of interest.
  1. Duties of Reviewers
  • Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and, through the editorial communications with the author, may also assist the author in improving the paper.
  • Promptness: Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse themselves from the review process.
  • Confidentiality: Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.
  • Standards of Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
  • Acknowledgment of Sources: Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
  • Disclosure and Conflict of Interest: Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
  1. Duties of the Publisher
  • Handling of Unethical Publishing Behavior: The publisher in conjunction with the editors will take responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper. Every reported act of unethical publishing behavior will be looked into, even if it is discovered years after publication.
  • Corrections, Retractions, and Apologies: When needed, the publisher will issue prompt corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies.